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PhD Projects


Completed PhD projects

Pauwke Berkers (2009)
Classification into the Literary Mainstream? Ethnic Boundaries in the Literary Fields of the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany, 1955-2005
Doctoral dissertation, Erasmus University Rotterdam, December 2009.
Promoter Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen / Copromoter Dr. Marc Verboord

Vaughn C. Schmutz (2009)
The Classification and Consecration of Popular Music. Critical Discourse and Cultural Hierarchies
Doctoral dissertation, Erasmus University Rotterdam, December 2009.
Promoters: Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen & Prof.dr. Timothy J. Dowd (Emory University)

Alex van Venrooij (2009)
Classifications in Popular music. Discourses and Meaning Structures in American, Dutch and German Popular Music Reviews
Doctoral dissertation, Erasmus University Rotterdam, December 2009.
Promoters: Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen & Prof.dr. Timothy J. Dowd (Emory University)

Current PhD projects

Annemarie Kersten (defence anticipated in 2011-12).
The Social Valuation of Film in Europe and the United States, 1955-2005
Promotor: Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen / Co-promotor Dr. Marc Verboord

Femke van Hest (defence anticipated in 2011).
The Representation of Dutch Visual Art on the Global Market Place
Promotores: Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen & Professor Jean-Louis Fabiani (EHESS)